Damnak Mahob Khmer Restaurant — Restaurant in Siem Reap

This restaurant had only recently opened when I was in Siem Reap in July 2023. I loved it then, and was so happy to see that it was very busy most evenings and lunch time even during the "Low Season " of late May to mid June. I stayed in Sok San Road, and ate and drank there most days. The customers were an even mix of tourists and local Khmer people. The food is OUTSTANDING in quality and generous servings. The beer was cold and beautiful. Prices here, in my opinion, are very good for the quality and freshest of the food. The Amok is perfect, the Sweet and Sour/ pork/chicken/ fish are perfect for my taste. The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming of all customers, Western and Khmer, and management leadership and encouragement is good to experience. I can not recommend this restaurant highly enough, if you are in Siem Reap, do yourself a favour, find this place, you will thank me later. I don't name any individual staff members, because they are all wonderful, and I would not be able to remember all of the names. I thank the...

This joint is the definition of “good enough.” I had fried octopus and seafood noodles. Mrs went for grilled mackerel and pad Thai with shrimp. The shrimp were peeled, which automatically made me like the place more than half the restaurants in Asia. Food itself was decent, not life-changing, but solid.

Service is quick, like Formula 1 pit stop quick. The catch is they bring dishes one by one, so while I was halfway through my octopus, Mrs was still politely staring at her empty plate. Maybe synchronizing meals isn’t part of the training manual.

Drinks deserve their own paragraph. Draft beer is half a dollar for half a pint. It’s not charity, but it’s still cheaper than bottled water at an airport. Cocktails are strong enough to get the job done, though the taste is closer to “mystery fruit experiment” than mixology.

Overall: fast service, peeled shrimp, cheap beer. If they learn to bring meals for two people at the same time, it could...

For a low to mid range walk-in Restaurant on Sok San Road, Damnak Mahob it’s pretty good value for money. I was with a family of four and we managed to drive in right to the front door. Good service when we arrived very fast and efficient. The place is spacious and will it, open on two sides so well ventilated. But here it comes to the crunch. They obviously have shares in a local sugar refinery. Almost all the dishes were way way too sweet. Particularly the main dish- a variation of spaghetti seafood – which was dumped from a bucket onto a central chow down eating mat. He was a Ted theatrical but the hullabaloo was squandered by its teeth achingly sweetness… I would seriously recommend this for a family who has children and are addicted to Coca-Cola and ice cream. They...